Sending attachements to PC uses with "Mail"

[RobW]

First, thanks again to all for your help. Tacit, as we've told you before, you really do need to write that book!    


One thing I was wondering--(well, one of many)--if an AOL user on a PC had a webmail email account--such as Yahoo, hotmail, etc., would they be able to open a jpeg attachment (assuming it had the .jpg extension) that was sent from a Mac user using "Mail"?? Or would the whole AOL/Mail/AppleDouble issue still be a problem as if the attachment was sent directly to the PC user at their AOL email address??

[tacit]

QUOTE(RobW @ Jun 9 2003, 1:12 PM)

One thing I was wondering--(well, one of many)--if an AOL user on a PC had a webmail email account--such as Yahoo, hotmail, etc., would they be able to open a jpeg attachment (assuming it had the .jpg extension) that was sent from a Mac user using "Mail"??

 Most likely, yes. Most Web email accounts can handle multiple MIME attachments (which is all AppleDouble really is) without difficulty.

[RobW]

Ok, that's what I thought. I may suggest that as well as uploading jpegs to whatever webspace her ISP gives her as alternatives. On the "victory" department, I was able to explain to her how to send text files from AppleWorks to her PC friends, including AOL users, that can be opened in Word using the AW translators. I was impressed--she got it on the first shot. Her friends all wrote back with positive replies! She even made an adjustment in the AppleWorks settings for a friend she knew had an older version of Word.